Click on small image to enlarge then click back to return to this pageTHE MILLINERY WORKS GALLERY
DOVETAILED & DOWELLED
The Handmade Tradition of
the Arts & Crafts Movement
7 to 26 June 2005
The exhibits
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Exhibit 1 A quarter-sawn oak writing cabinet on stand of exposed dowel
construction, iron hinges and handles, designed by
C R Ashbee of the Guild of Handicrafts, signed and dated by the maker, W Butt
1910. This piece is illustrated in a Guild of handicrafts catalogue and in ‘The
House Beautiful and Useful,’ W Butt is listed amongst the London Furniture
Makers of the period. 63.5in 161.5cm high, 44in 112cm wide and 20.5in 52cm deep.
Picture above.
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Exhibit 2 An oak Regimental box with exposed dovetails and with chip carving to the edges and with brass strapping engraved with the words
“Fifth and Sixth Royal Warwickshire Regiment” and engraved and pierced lock plate to the panelled top, design attributed to
Ernest Gimson, circa 1919. The box probably contained the First World War Roll of Honour for these regiments. 6.5in (16.5cm) high, 24.5in (62cm) wide and 15.75in (40cm) deep.
Picture above.
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Exhibit 3 A walnut bedside cupboard with one drawer over an open shelf above a door with raised fielded panel the back also panelled, the sides, top and plinth with exposed dovetails and tenons, the handles in macassar ebony, attributed to the Barnsley Workshop, circa 1926. 30.5in (77.5cm) high, 17in (43cm) wide and 11.75in (30cm) deep. Picture above.
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Exhibit 4 A rare yew wood three-seat settee with bobbin turning to the stretchers and back, decorative ebony-wedged dowelling to the arms and with rush seat, designed by Ernest Gimson, probably made by himself or Edward Gardiner, circa 1910. ‘Good Citizens Furniture’ page 88 states, with an illustration of a similar bobbin turned yew wood chair, “Edward Barnsley in a letter said that Robert Wier Schultz started Gimson off on bobbin turned chairs”. 35in (89cm) high, 69.5in (177cm) wide and 22in (56cm) deep. Picture above
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Exhibit 5 An oak folding towel rail with exposed dowel construction designed by Ernest Gimson, circa 1910. Provenance: the collection of Robert Wier Schultz, The Barn, Hartley Wintney. 30in (76cm) high 26in (66cm) wide. Picture above.
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Exhibit 6 A solid English walnut dressing table with fielded and moulded panels to all sides, macassar ebony stringing and handles and a hinged top revealing an adjustable mirror, designed by Sidney Barnsley in collaboration with his son and made in Edward Barnsley’s Froxfield workshop, circa 1926. Illustrated in ‘Gimson and the Barnsleys’ page 206 and in ‘Modern English Furniture’ page 105. 30.5in (77.5cm) high, 52.5in (133.5cm) wide and 20in (51cm) deep. Pictures above.
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Exhibit 7 A rare oak bookcase consisting of four sections each with glazed double doors above double doors which have raised fielded and moulded panels. Each section with exposed dovetails and wedged tenon construction with steel engraved handles and inset macassar ebony escutcheons, designed and made by Sidney Barnsley, circa 1910. (The end returns of the chamfered plinth have been restored.) Provenance: the collection of Robert Wier Schultz, The Barn, Hartley Wintney, an architect, collaborator and friend of both Ernest Gimson and the Barnsleys. 52.5in (133cm) high, 15ft (2in 4m 62cm) long 18in (46cm) deep. Picture above
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Exhibit 8 An oak Cotswold School set of shelves with two drawers with raised fielded panels, chip-carved decoration and steel drop handles the sides having exposed double-wedged tenon construction and dovetails, in the manner of Sidney Barnsley, circa 1920. 37.75in (96cm) high, 27in (69cm) wide and 10in (25.5cm) deep. Picture above.
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Exhibit 9 A circular tilt-top tea table with exposed double-wedged tenons to the stretchers of the swivel gate and with chamfered octagonal end supports, attributed to the Barnsleys, circa 1920. 26.75in (68cm) high, 35in (89cm) diameter. Picture above.
Ernest Gimson was taught to make turned chairs by Philip Clissett. From about 1903 Edward Gardiner, who was also taught by Clissett, made chairs to Gimson’s designs and Neville Neal, having been apprenticed to Gardiner, continued this tradition after his death. For illustrations of these chairs see ‘Good Citizens Furniture’ and ’Ernest Gimson and the Cotswold Group of Craftsmen’.
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Exhibit 10 An ash ‘Clissett Highback’ ladderback rush-seated armchair, early
twentieth century. 45in (114cm) high. Picture above.
Exhibit 11 A similar ash ‘Clissett Highback’ ladderback rush-seated armchair with dark finish, early twentieth century. 45in (114cm) high.
Exhibit 12 A similar pair of ash ‘Clissett Highback’ rush-seated ladderback armchairs with five shaped splats, early twentieth century. 45in (114cm) high.
Exhibit 13 A similar pair of ash ‘Clissett Highback’ rush-seated ladderback
armchairs with five shaped splats, early twentieth century. 45in (114cm) high.
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Exhibit 14 A harlequin set of six oak and ash ‘Clissett
Lowback’ rush-seated dining chairs, five side and one arm, with three shaped splats, early
twentieth century. 34.5in (87.5cm) high. Picture above
Exhibit 15 A low ‘Clissett’ ladderback armchair with four shaped splats and strung seat with shaped turned front stretcher, mid twentieth century. 32.5in (82.5cm) high.
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Exhibit 16 An ash ‘Pass’ ladderback side chair with four shaped splats first designed by Ernest Gimson in 1907, early twentieth century. 39.5in (100cm) high. From the collection of Roderick Gradidge. Picture above left
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Exhibit 17 A set of four ‘Pass’ ash ladderback chairs comprising three sides and one carver with rush seats and three shaped splats, designed by
Ernest Gimson in 1907, early twentieth century. 35in (89cm) high. 2 pictured above.
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Exhibit 18 A set of ten oak ladderback chairs with original rush seats and three shaped splats dowelled to the turned backs, designed by Ernest Gimson, early twentieth century. 38.5in (98cm) high. 2 pictured above.
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Exhibit 19 An oak refectory table the high stretcher having exposed, chamfered tenons to the shaped end supports, attributed to
Peter Waals, circa 1925. See ‘Modern English Furniture’ page 179 and
The Studio Year Book 1928 for similar. 30in (76cm) high, 27.5in (70cm) wide and 71.5in (181.5cm) long. Picture
above
Exhibit 20 An oak refectory table the high stretcher having exposed, chamfered tenons to the shaped end supports, attributed to
Peter Waals, circa 1925. See ‘Modern British Furniture’ page 179 and The Studio Year Book 1928 for similar. 30in (76cm) high, 27.5in (70cm) wide and 71.5in (181.5cm) long. A similar table is pictured
above